2/ It occurs to me that the problem we have is zero-days: latent bugs that have been there all along, but haven't been exposed to attackers.
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3/ Native Americans had a disease zero day: they were always susceptible to diseases forged in the crucible of European cities ...but they were never exposed to them. Until one day, they were. And 90% of them died.
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4/ Likewise, Northern Euros evolved in an environment that (a) demanded conscientiousness and cooperation, (b) was filled with kinfolk (who had the same genes). The population evolved in lockstep. Iterated Prisoners' Dilemma...where generation n+20 is not playing against gen 1
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5/ ...but is instead playing against other members of gen n+20. The behaviors that are beneficial at n+20 (or n+2000) are not necessarily beneficial when you're surrounded by generation 1.
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6/ This is the Northern European zero day: we once had defenses against generation 1, but we lost them, because we stepwise evolved in an environment full of generation 2,000 people. ...and now we're being flooded with generation 1.
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America also had a hand in it as well. It provided a location for more individually minded folk to escape to while the homeland, and Europe in general, became more group focused.
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Wouldn't the same also apply to surviving in a dry desert?
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